Section 120 and an exit tunnel: the San Antonio rally removals, up close

FOX 7 Austin's raw clip of protesters being led out of President Trump's rally drew more than 1,600 comments in eight hours, on a channel whose Shorts usually get about one.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 409,269 views a day, 287 times a normal first day on this channel (1,424).

Trump San Antonio rally: Arrests made and multiple people kicked out | FOX 7 Austin

Among the local news stations nearest its size, FOX 7 Austin is the one furthest from its usual pace, with a day of views close to triple its norm. CBS Colorado gathered more views, but it was running much closer to its own ordinary level.

Most of that extra traffic traces back to a single Short. "Trump San Antonio rally: Arrests made and multiple people kicked out" is roughly a minute and a half of raw footage from inside the arena, with the president's voice faint over the sound system. A man stands in Section 120 waving his arms to lead a chant while the people around him point their phones. A young man on the floor raises both arms at the booing stands before security walks him out through a tunnel. Further along, several officers hold someone down in the seats and bring them down the aisle.

The station's description says the president called the people being removed "paid protesters." The rally, held with Ken Paxton, also got a longer report on the channel.

The comment section is where the clip took off. Viewers keep returning to two questions: whether the people led out were simply exercising free speech, and why the scuffles in the stands did not lead to more arrests. A smaller group keeps pointing at the empty seats in the wide shots.

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The numbers

One Short carried a local station far past its ordinary day, and its comments arrived at a pace the channel has rarely seen.

the video's first day

usual first day here

1,424

this video

409,269

subscribers

193,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

123,279,110

views per day

398,729

typical day: 144,664

the video

views

202,916

likes

1,807

comments

1,664

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

CBS News Sacramento

210,000

CBS Pittsburgh

208,000

FOX 7 Austin

193,000

CHCH News

180,000

WJZ

177,000

CBS Colorado

174,000

As of October 9, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.